Symphony No. 1, My Hands Are a City
As the scent of spring rain...
a funk for winds and percussion
(2003)
Duration: 6'
PROFESSIONAL
Commissioned by:
the University of Nevada Las Vegas Wind Orchestra, Thomas G Leslie, conductor
"...a well-scored delight." -Bandworld Magazine
Picc, 2Fl, 2Ob, 2Bsn, 3Clar, BClar, 2ASax, TSax, BSax, 3Trpt, Flglhn, 4Hn, 2Trb, BTrb, Euph, 2Tba, BassGtr, Kybd, 5Perc (Xyl/Glock/Vibr/Mar/2Tri/2Bgos/Guir/ Shkr/SusCym/Whis), DrumSet
Parts available for hire.
Score available for sale from OK Feel Good Music.
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Funk is all around us. It has permeated every aspect of popular music and culture. What was born as a 70's counter-culture movement has grown to become the heart of any music with a beat. Sit in a coffee shop, listen to top-40's radio, shop in a department store -- it doesn't matter if it's a hip 90's club tune, or a contemporary concert music work -- you can't escape the funk. Chunk owes major favors to George Clinton and the Parliament Funkadelic, Stevie Wonder, James Brown, Prince, and Beck, just to name a few. We steal, because we love.
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RECENT PERFORMANCES
Michigan State University Symphony Band, Wharton Center, Michigan State University, Conductor: John Madden - Oct 27 2015
University of Illinois Wind Orchestra, Kramer Center for the Performing Arts, Conductor: Elizabeth Peterson - Apr 28 2015
York Community High School Symphonic Band, York Community High School Auditorium, Elmhurst, IL, Conductor: Michael Pavlik - Feb 26 2015
